Jeffrey Holmes

Jeffrey Holmes’ music has been called “Captivating…haunting and slightly disorienting”
by the Los Angeles Times, “Drifting…ethereal” by the San Francisco Classical Voice,
and “Interesting and musically arresting, music to be really heard and deserving of
reflection” by the Society of Composers, Inc.

His works have been performed at festivals such as the Darmstadt Ferienkurs für Neue
Musik (Germany), Cap Ferret Music Festival (France), June in Buffalo (New York), the
Etchings Festival (Maulin a Nef, Auvillar, France), “Beyond: Microtonal Music Festival”
(Pittsburgh), “Outside the Box” (Southern Illinois University Carbondale), and at
MicroFest, the HEAR NOW Festival of New Music, and the Laguna Beach Music Festival
(Los Angeles), and has been featured in venues including Carnegie Hall (New York),
the Historic Dvorak Museum (Prague), and the Chapelle historique de Bon-Pasteur (Montreal).

He holds a doctorate in music composition from the University of Southern California,
and has studied with composers such as Donald Crockett, Georg Friedrich Haas, and
Stephen Hartke. Currently, he is Associate Professor of Composition at Chapman University,
and has been on the faculty at the University of Southern California. His music is
published by Edition Svitzer (Copenhagen, Denmark), Doberman-Yppan (Quebec, Canada),
and Theodore Front Musical Literature (USA), and has been recorded on both MicroFest
Records, and the Sono Luminus label, distributed internationally by Naxos.

Recent projects include a commission from JFNMC for a major work for the TALEA Ensemble’s
2016 season premiered in New York in March 2016 and a concerto for pianist Aron Kallay
and Brightwork New Music Ensemble premiered in Los Angeles in Fall 2015 and recorded
on MicroFest Records.